Category: Write

Dear Dreamers, It's good to have family. Especially family that happen to live along the south east coast of QLD and can put you up on your way to NSW. My cousin in Brisbane and my aunt and uncle on the Gold Coast did (and continue to do) that. We've been wined and dined and …

Dear Dreamers, I don't know what to tell you. A lot has happened since last I wrote. We've stayed at Monto, Lindley's Crossing, Marlborough, Boulder Creek, Bowen River Hotel, and now a lovely property just north of Townsville. We've seen things too; pop up communities of hippie revelers, masses of brahman cattle mustered over Bowen …

Dear Dreamers, Mat, Snoop and I spent the last week in Bundaberg. A town known for many things, rum, sugar, ginger beer and turtles. Got to say, it’s been friggin’ great. We had some rainy days but were glad not to be camping and it was never cold. Avoiding winter by continually driving north is …

Packing up my parents house has been a long, grueling process. Something that has made it even longer but far less grueling is the discover and rediscover of books. You may have seen my Picture Book post on Twitter recently. https://twitter.com/SarahRHFallon/status/850583823632842752 Another book I discovered during my hours of bookshelf emptying and box packing …

Dear Dreamers, Our last month in Capalaba has begun (last five weeks if you want to be technical). It's exciting and nerve racking, because after we leave we literally have no place to go. The safety nets gone, or at least its back in Victoria, and we'll really be the gypsy's everyone jokes that we …

It’s an interesting feeling, realising you’ve progressed past the ‘how to’ writing books on your shelf. Those books that explain what point of view is and the difference between plotting and pantsing. Deciding to write a novel recently, I pulled down a few of these long-forgotten tomes and found they couldn’t help me. Not anymore. …

I've been doing a lot of research into upcoming short story competitions this year with the intention of submitting to as many as I can. Since I've done the research I figure I should share it. So here is my list of short fiction competitions with deadlines in March. Happy submitting! F(r)iction Winter Literary Competition …

So 2016 is over and done with, let’s all breathe out a collective sigh of relief. When your year begins with an enormous personal loss followed by a series of dramatic changes (moving in with my boyfriend then moving interstate to a tiny rural town) you know things are going to be a struggle. Mat …

Hello world, I filmed a video recently on my process for writing short stories which I wanted to share. It wound up pretty long (around 8 minutes) but I hope it's full of useful, or at least insightful information on my writing process. If you want to read the short story mentioned in the video …

There is a diverse range of creative writers and scholars coming out of academia these days. Many write fiction alongside academic articles and while there is a lot of information available online for the budding short story writer, the same cannot be said for those seeking to publish their scholarly work. While peer-reviewed academic journals …